About the day » Thursday August 21, 1913Calender converter

• Alphonsine DE RIDDER, Strijpen,9620,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1914)
• Albert de JONG, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Bul, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Agustania Lang, Reynoldsville, Illinois († 2004)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Jacobs, Reijmerstok, Limburg, Netherlands († 2010)
• Adrianus Wilhemus Bernardus van Zummeren, Rotterdam
• Cornelia Maria Juliana Bergsma, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Alida Greevink, Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adriana Noort, Voorburg († 1917)
• Albert Maurits GARWIG, Herseaux (Herzeeuw) († 1915)

• Bartha Knoppers (79), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Rood (90), Grootebroek
• Bartha de Ruig (79), Arnhem
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Smeets (66), Meerssen
• Bartha de Ruig (79), Arnhem, Nederland
• Adriaan Bezemer (0), Veghel
• Cornelia Marianna van Eendenburgh (77), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Schuurmans (0), Utrecht
• Bastiaan LABRIE (70), Vianen, Gemeente Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antje Minderts Spoelstra (77), Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)
• 1912 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1914 » Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach († 1998)
• 1916 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer († 1980)
• 1916 » Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter († 2005)
• 1917 » Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician († 2008)
• 1918 » Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 2004)

• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
• February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
• August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

The temperature on August 21, 1913 was between 9.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.